Oral History Interview with Wayne Beery, July 24, 2004 Page: 6
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point where we stopped my buddy and I had to string the wire across
a series of rice paddies. To this day I can't eat rice either. We
carried our wire five or six miles on this one day alone.
Mr. Tombaugh
The Japanese had learned from the previous invasions and they
simply retreated into the hills and was 5 or 6 days before they put
up any resistances.
Mr. Beery
The thing that amazed me was when we went in we walked a mile or
so and you could see where they had put emplacements in at one
time.
And to this day you' d have to talk to the Japanese guy to know if
they really reenforced Formosa. It was right off the mainland of
China a bigger island. Maybe they did get the word out that we were
going to kill them. Lawrence got into some pretty tough stuff. I
went in as replacement when they came back to Bora Bora after that
powerful invasion. The fall of Nov. ' 44 our battalion landed there
as a replacement and later I spent a year as guard company at Mare
Island and all I carried was auto-rifle.
Mr. Tombaugh
BAR?
Mr. Beery
An automatic had clips I never fired it, I think was more for
looks that I carried that baby. If I had to fire it probably taken
off on me. It was almost like machine gun.
Mr. Tombaugh
Thompson sub machine gun?
Mr. Beery
On that order, it was small.
Mr. Tombaugh
Caliber?
Mr. Beery
It was a bigger caliber, the amno was like a 45 pistol.Mr. Tombaugh
A Model 1928 Thompson.
Mr. Beery
Like that the hoodlums carried. I remember we went to Chicago and
one place we ate had these hanging on wall the gangsters used.
Mr. Tombaugh
Capone?6
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Beery, Wayne. Oral History Interview with Wayne Beery, July 24, 2004, text, July 24, 2004; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1606377/m1/6/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.